Climbing Hill, Iowa

Climbing Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. The community is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. It has a post office with the ZIP code 51015.^[3] Its population at the time of the 2020 census was 97 persons.

Climbing Hill, Iowa
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 42°20′30″N 96°4′40″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Woodbury
Area [1]
• Total	1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
• Land	1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,119 ft (341 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	97
• Density	75.72/sq mi (29.25/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	51015
Area code	712
FIPS code	19-14385
GNIS feature ID	2629960[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	97		—
2020	97		0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

2020 census

As of the census of 2020,^[5] there were 97 people, 44 households, and 35 families residing in the community. The population density was 75.7 inhabitants per square mile (29.2/km²). There were 45 housing units at an average density of 35.1 per square mile (13.6/km²). The racial makeup of the community was 94.8% White, 1.0% Black or African American, 1.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.0% from other races and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 1.0% of the population.

Of the 44 households, 6.8% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.7% were married couples living together, 2.3% were cohabitating couples, 4.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 20.5% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 20.5% of all households were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the community was 52.5 years. 22.7% of the residents were under the age of 20; 2.1% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 16.5% were from 25 and 44; 29.9% were from 45 and 64; and 28.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the community was 42.3% male and 57.7% female.

History

The community was named by C. E. Ostrander, the first settler and postmaster, whose home was on high ground and could not be reached except by climbing a hill. Climbing Hill is also known as home of the Hanckocks.^[6] The name was kept, though the community was moved several times and was finally located on level land circa 1867.^[7] Climbing Hill's population was 37 in 1902,^[8] and 83 in 1925.^[9] The population was 150 in 1940.^[10]